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Conflict Incident Report

Solidarity movement with Palestinian inmates in Bar Elias

Date of incident: 
May 15, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Palestinian Civilians/Refugees

On 15 May 2017, The Bekaa governorate’s council at the Independent Nasserite Movement (Al-Murabitoun) organized a movement to express solidarity with the inmates and detainees on hunger strike in the Israeli prisons. Representatives of forces, parties, as well as national and Palestinian figures attended the movement that was staged in the town of Bar Elias in the Bekaa, outside the council’s headquarters.

Primary category: 
Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Border conflicts (Israeli border)
Violations, disputes and/or conflicts instigated by Israeli intrusions on Lebanese national territories, airspace, and territorial waters. While there currently is no Israeli military occupation on Lebanese soil, these events are classified as violations of Lebanese sovereignty and are indicative of the continuous tensions between Lebanon and Israel.